After becoming the second bowler to take a hat-trick in men’s T20 World Cup, Ireland’s Curtis Campher went one step better. The pacer claimed four wickets in four balls to rattle Netherlands in a first round match of the Twenty20 World Cup on Monday.
Campher sent back Colin Ackermann, Ryan ten Doeschate and Scott Edwards for a hat-trick and then bowled and Roelof van der Merwe in a sensational over.
He becomes only the third bowler in T20 history to achieve the feat after Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan and Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka.
Campher needed two assistances from the Decision Review System. The first wicket was a caught behind down the leg side, that was given not out and overturned. The third wicket, for the hat-trick, was also adjudged not out on the field and was reviewed to find Edwards was plumb LBW. There were no doubt over the fourth as van der Merwe chopped on one to the stumps.
The Johannesburg-born Campher is also the second player with a hat-trick in the men’s T20 World Cup after Australia fast bowler Brett Lee, who achieved the feat against Bangladesh in the inaugural edition in 2007.
Campher, 22, had a T20 best of 3-19 from his previous four matches since making his debut earlier this year against Zimbabwe in Dublin. He finished with a new best of 4/26 in four overs as Netherlands were blown away for 106.
Here are some numbers and reactions to Campher’s historic feat:
What an over! 👏👏#BackingGreen ☘️🏏 #Exchange22 pic.twitter.com/AvkPomJ3Jm
— Cricket Ireland (@cricketireland) October 18, 2021
A feat from Curtis Campher that we will never forget 🤩#T20WorldCup #IREvNED https://t.co/5TbqWgQmp8
— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 18, 2021
ICC Men's #T20WorldCup Hat-Tricks:
— Fox Sports Lab (@FoxSportsLab) October 18, 2021
Brett Lee 🇦🇺 v BAN Cape Town 2007
Curtis Campher ☘️ v NED Abu Dhabi 2021
4 wickets in 4 balls in Men's T20Is
Rashid Khan 🇦🇫 v IRL 2019
Lasith Malinga 🇱🇰 v NZ 2019
Curtis Campher ☘️ v NED 2021#IREvNED #Ireland #ICCT20WorldCup2021
Curtis Campher has four in four 👏
— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 18, 2021
☝️ Colin Ackermann
☝️ Ryan ten Doeschate
☝️ Scott Edwards
☝️ Roelof van der Merwe#T20WorldCup | #IREvNED | https://t.co/TRm5wxuxrO pic.twitter.com/1HvjCUNR38
3 - @cricketireland's Curtis Campher has become the third bowler to scalp four wickets in four balls in Men's T20Is (Rashid Khan and Lasith Malinga); this also happens to be the second hat-trick in @T20WorldCup. Pernicious.#IRENE #T20WorldCup #T20WorldCup21 pic.twitter.com/rgCxSuECXr
— OptaJim (@OptaJim) October 18, 2021
Picture perfect 🖼️#T20WorldCup | #IREvNED pic.twitter.com/PQNXLbOtOl
— ICC (@ICC) October 18, 2021
Curtis Campher becomes the first ever Ireland player to take a hat-trick in men's international cricket. With this, all full-member countries have at least one hat-trick to their name.#T20WorldCup #IREvNED
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) October 18, 2021
We call him Curtis CamFour....#IREvNED pic.twitter.com/6PkQN2zBmI
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) October 18, 2021
Like in most poojas, Campher on fire.
— TarEEK! LaSCARE 👻🎃 (@tarequelaskar) October 18, 2021
Four wickets in four balls - including the hat trick ball as a successful review! Unbelievable scenes for Ireland and Curtis Campher! #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/O9aEnri9DA
— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) October 18, 2021
In three playing days, the T20 World Cup went from Brathwaite's 6666 to Campher's WWWW.
— Abhishek Mukherjee (@SachinAzharCT) (@ovshake42) October 18, 2021
Campher four wickets in four balls! Carnage! Scenes! Scenes of carnage! #T20WorldCup #IRE #NED #IREvNED
— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell) October 18, 2021
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